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Panto Awards 2026

2026 Pantomime Awards
who were this years winners
(Here is the full list)

On Sunday 19 April in partnership with Trafalgar Entertainment and ATG Entertainment (ATGE), the winners of  The Pantomime Awards 2026, were announced by the UK Pantomime Association at the Wycombe Swan in High Wycombe, the event was hosted by Pantomime and Radio 2 professional presented by Vernon Kay.
Here is a list of the full award winners:

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Claire Cassidy: Sleeping Beauty, Harlow Playhouse (KD Theatre Productions)
BEST LIGHTING (SPONSORED BY PRODUCTION LIGHT AND SOUND)
Nic Farman: Sleeping Beauty, Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (Little Wolf Entertainment)
CARMEN SILVERA AWARD FOR BEST MAGICAL BEING (SPONSORED BY BARRY BURNETT)
Joe McElderry: Aladdin, Newcastle Theatre Royal (Crossroads Pantomimes)
BARBARA WINDSOR AWARD FOR BEST PRINCIPAL LEAD (SPONSORED BY SCOTT MITCHELL)
Sario Solomon: Aladdin, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield (Evolution Productions and Sheffield Theatres)
BEST SCRIPT
Andrew Pollard: Beauty and the Beast, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield (In-House)
BEST SECONDARY LEAD
Ruth Betteridge: Jack and the Beanstalk, Festival Theatre, Malvern (UK Productions)
BEST VILLAIN (SPONSORED BY BRECKMAN AND COMPANY)
Nigel Harman: Jack and the Beanstalk, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre (UK Productions)
BEST COMIC (SPONSORED BY THE TWINS FX)
Jez Edwards: Sleeping Beauty, Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds (Paul Holman Associates)
BEST COSTUMES
James MacIver: Sleeping Beauty, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (Belgrade Theatre and Imagine Theatre)
STANLEY BAXTER AWARD FOR BEST DAME (SPONSORED BY JOHN GOOD)
Allan Stewart: Jack and the Beanstalk, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (Crossroads Pantomimes)
BEST DIRECTION
Gary Wilmot, Cinderella, Richmond Theatre, London (Crossroads Pantomimes)
BEST ENSEMBLE (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARTS 1)
Lianha Cooke, Gemma Davis, Chloe Davies, Olly Gooch, Thomas Marc Toombs, Richard Womersley, Erin Harrison and Finlay Tozer: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne (Made to Measure Productions)
BEST CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC
James Harrison: Aladdin, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield (Evolution Productions and Sheffield Theatres)
BEST SET (SPONSORED BY BLUE-I THEATRE TECHNOLOGY)
Kenny Miller: Gallus in Weegieland, Tron Theatre, Glasgow (In-House)
BEST SISTERS
Hannah Roberts and Fran Cottington aka Han and Fran: Cinderella, Venue Cymru, Llandudno (Imagine Theatre)
BEST SOUND (SPONSORED BY ORBITAL SOUND)
Conrad Kemp: Dick Whittington, St Helens Theatre Royal (Regal Entertainment)
BEST SUPPORTING ARTIST
Ada Campe: Growled: Beauty and the Beast continues…, Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London (In-House)
BEST NEWCOMER TO PANTOMIME
Jeevan Braich: Cinderella, Norwich Theatre Royal (In-House)
BEST NEWCOMER TO INDUSTRY
Caitlin O’Shea: Sleeping Beauty, Central Theatre, Chatham (Jordan Productions)
BEST PANTOMIME (UNDER 550 SEATS) (SPONSORED BY KB EVENT)
Weans in the Wood, Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling (In-House)
BEST PANTOMIME (550 TO 950 SEATS) (SPONSORED BY SHOWTIME, PART OF HOWDEN)
Sleeping Beauty, The Arts Theatre Cambridge (In-House)
BEST PANTOMIME (OVER 950 SEATS) (SPONSORED BY UNUSUAL RIGGING)
Sleeping Beauty, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (In-House)
PANTO ICON
Lesley Joseph
PANTO ICON
Brian Conley
ACHIEVEMENT IN INNOVATION
Johnny McKnight
NIGEL ELLACOTT SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR PANTOMIME HISTORY, TRADITION AND HERITAGE
Keith Simmons
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN PANTOMIME
Terry Parsons

The Special Recognition Awards, which celebrate productions and individuals representing the values that the Association seeks to promote, were presented to:
  • Terry Parsons who received the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pantomime. Terry is a designer whose imaginative and iconic work, from Cinderella with Stanley Baxter to Mother Goose with Danny La Rue and Dick Whittington with Barbara Windsor, has shaped the look, spirit and craft of British pantomime for more than fifty years.
  • The first ever Panto Icon Awards were presented to Brian Conley, whose tireless energy, definitive Buttons performances and unrivalled connection with audiences have made him one of the most recognisable figures in the form and Lesley Joseph, celebrated for her star presence and for consistently delighting audiences as a leading Fairy and Villain across the UK’s major pantomime stages. This category was introduced this year to recognise the sustained commitment to the artform, mastery of its unique craft, recognition and affection from audiences, and a consistently high standard of performance over many years.
  • Johnny McKnight, who received the award for Achievement in Innovation, and whose brilliance as a writer, director and performer over more than twenty years has joyfully transformed pantomime through ground-breaking productions, bold inclusivity and creative courage.
  • Keith Simmons, who received the Nigel Ellacott Special Recognition Award for Pantomime History, Tradition and Heritage. Keith is a leading performer, writer and director who has helped shape, preserve and pass on the traditions of British pantomime for more than fifty years.

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